Gotland
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The coat of arms of Gotland County displays a white (silver) ram passant on a blue field, bearing a golden cross-staff with a long banner. The ram symbolizes the island's historic wool trade and sheep farming, while the cross-staff with its pennant reflects Gotland's importance as a medieval Christian trading hub in the Baltic Sea. The Lamb of God imagery connects to the island's deep ecclesiastical heritage, with over 90 medieval churches still standing. Gotland is Sweden's largest island and only island county.
Gotland has more medieval churches per capita than anywhere else in Northern Europe, with 92 still standing from the 12th and 13th centuries on an island of just 60,000 people.
Adopted: 1560
